Thierno Barry seals Everton's second win over Newcastle in four days to climb seventh

Everton secured back-to-back wins over Newcastle inside four days as Thierno Barry’s clinical finish earned a 1-0 Premier League victory at St James’ Park on Monday night, lifting David Moyes’ side into seventh place in the standings.

The result came just four days after Everton had beaten the same opponents 3-1 in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, and it ended a three-game winless run for the Toffees in the league while also delivering their first away victory of the Premier League campaign.

A first half short on clear-cut chances gave way to a decisive moment just four minutes after the restart. Tyrique George’s low effort squeezed underneath goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek, and Barry reacted sharply to pounce on the loose ball and stab home — his fourth league goal of the season.

Moyes was effusive in his praise for a group he described as having endured a difficult period. “They are so good in what they do as they give everything they’ve got,” the Everton manager said. “They’re a brilliant group of players and they’ve had it tough as well. They want to keep winning and they’ve found it difficult with the way things have gone, but they’re pulling it out and doing their best to be in all the games.”

He acknowledged the scale of the achievement in beating Newcastle twice in such quick succession. “It’s never easy… we beat Newcastle on Thursday night and to beat them again today is not an easy thing to do for any club at this level. To come here and get a good win tonight was a great result for us.”

Moyes also highlighted the significance of finally picking up three points on the road. “We’ve actually done quite well in some of the games getting draws in difficult away games, but we’ve not picked up a victory,” he said. “So I was hoping to pick it up tonight and thankfully we did — clean sheet and got the goal that counted.”

Newcastle, who slipped to 13th in the table, were frustrated throughout and saw the evening worsen when Jacob Ramsey was dismissed with two yellow cards in quick succession late on. Manager Matthias Jaissle accepted responsibility for a performance that fell well short of expectations.

“It’s also clear that I have the responsibility and I also take that as the manager of this club, and we need to do things better,” Jaissle said. “There were many things there, not only in possession, which was not on the level we expected to see.”